Trundle-toy



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C. A. BAILEY.

n Y TR'UNDLE T oY. No. 281,428. Y Patented `Ju1y-l'7r,.18 83..

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N'TEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. BAILEY, OE MIDDLETOVN, CONNECTICUT.

TRuNDLE-TOY.

SPECIFIGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 281,428, dated July 1*?, 1883.

Application filed February 24, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. BAILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing-at Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which .it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side view of the toy with shafts in section.- Fig. 2 is a bottom view.

This invention has relation to mechanical toys; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement, in connection -with the figure of a reptile or other animal mounted on supporting-wheels, of movable legs or fins projecting laterally, and operated, when the toy is in motion, by means of wire pitmen or connections and a crank on the wheel-shaft.

The invention also consists in providing the reptile or animal with a movable jaw having a lever extension to the rear, operated by engagement with one of the movablev legs or fins, all as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the gure of a frog or other animal supported upon wheels B. The wheel-shaft C, connecting one pair of wheels, is provided with a crank, c. Pivoted to the body of the figure are the laterally-extending legs d, which have inward extensions e, having at theirends slots or enlarged perforationsg. To the crank c is connected a wire or small pitman, h, which is also connected to the slots g of one pair of legs, or to a hook or loop engaging said slots; and from the slots of this pair of legs a wire or connection, h, extends to the other pair of legs, engaging the slots thereof.

When the Y toy is pnt in motion by being dragged over the floor, the revolution of the (No model.)

shaft C, operating the connections 7L h', will cause the legs d to vibrate back and forth.

K represents a pivoted lower jaw having a lever-arm, extending rearward and engaging one of the front legs of the frog, so that when this leg is operated, moving back and forth, it will, through the lever-arm l, effect a risingand-falling movement of the jaw K, causing the frog to alternately open and close its mouth.

A toy provided with a box mounted on wheels, the axles of the wheels having cams, which by the traction of the wheels operate levers and impart motion to a jointed figure removably attached to supports, is not new in this connection. Atoy made to imitate a creeping insect, consisting in a body having a supporting cam-roller, which imparts an alternating motion to a set of legs suspended from a common pivot in the body, is also old. A group of images have been mounted on a toy wagon, and arranged to perform amusing acts, and I make no broad claim to any of these constructions.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is"

l. Amechanical toy consisting of the wheelmounted figure of a reptile or other animal, and pivoted laterally-projecting legs having inward extensions, and operated by connecting wires and a crank on the wheel-shaft, substantially as specified.

2. In amechanical toy supported on wheels, and having movable legs operated by means of a crank on the wheel-shaft, a movable jaw having a lever extension to the rear, engaging one of the movable legs, and serving, when the legs are moving, to communicate motion to the jaw, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. A. BAILEY.

W'itnesses:

CHARLIE FOUNTAIN, ELDoN B. BIRDsEY. 

